We had a great day last week with our Apple Day in our Community Orchard. A Forgotten Landscape had brought along their apple press, and lots of delicious apple juice was made. ALS were available to give advice about energy saving. A choir sang autumnal songs and there was some great story telling from Michael Loder.

There was an opportunity to learn about different grains and try your hand at making flour. We soon found out how hard it was! Although fun too! During the summer we grew crops that are used to make vegetable oils, near the chickens. Samples were available to taste – flaxseed or linseed, rapeseed and sunflower oil. A quick opinion poll was that the flaxseed was bitter, the rapeseed was nice, a bit like olive oil, and the sunflower didn’t really have a taste.

Brandon Trust have also been busy this Autumn, making cider vinegar, chutneys and Halloween decorations, which were available to buy from their stall.